Farmers' health insurance and access to health care

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 267-279

  Zheng, Xiaoyong ^a   Zimmer, David M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmers' access to health care; Health care utilization; Health insurance choice; Medical expenditure panel survey

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; INSURANCE SYSTEM;

EID: 38949139596     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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